CERES Image: Cloud Cover Reflecting Incoming Solar Energy (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

CERES Image: Cloud Cover Reflecting Incoming Solar Energy

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Thick cloud cover tends to reflect a large amount of incoming solar energy back to space (blue/green/white image), but at the same time, reduce the amount of outgoing heat lost to space (red/blue/orange image). Contrast the areas that do not have cloud cover (darker colored regions) to get a sense for how much impact the clouds have on incoming and outgoing energy.

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NASA/NOAA/CERES Team

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